From #instafame to insta-money:The business of blogging

September 18, 2015 | 6:27 am

By Pola Esguerra del Monte

A PICTURE is worth a thousand words — and a thousand pesos, if the caption indicates that it was taken using #TheLatestPhoneInTown, and the makeup is courtesy of #ThisMakeupBrand and #ThatMakeupBrand and #ThatOtherMakeupBrand, and the ensemble is a combination of clothes from #ThisBoutique, jewelry from #ThatBoutique, and shoes from #ThisShoeStore. #Blogger #Instagrammers #Instafamous #Asia #Manila #Philippines #photooftheday

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Around the world at the Milan Expo

September 18, 2015 | 6:25 am

By Cathy Rose A. Garcia

THERE WAS just one reason why I wanted to go to Milan this summer — the world’s fair, called Expo Milano, is being held in the Italian city for the first time since 1906.

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TV Therapy: Watch your way to better mental health

September 18, 2015 | 6:13 am

The Binge
By Jessica Zafra

ARE YOU ANXIOUS, stressed-out, neurotic? Are you haunted by the past, overwhelmed by the present, and worried about the future? Do you fear that you are losing your grip, your hair, or your mind? In short, are you a normal person?

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Agimat in the museum

September 18, 2015 | 6:11 am

By Jasmine Agnes T. Cruz
WE KNOW of agimat and anting-anting — Filipino amulets or talismans — as those metal trinkets sold outside Quiapo church whose vendors claim have a variety of powers. But there is so much that we don’t know about them. What do those figures and symbols mean? What is their place in the story of the country?

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Apple’s ad-blocking feature is sending publishers scrambling

September 18, 2015 | 6:10 am

SETH WEINTRAUB has made a career of reporting on Apple. His Web site, 9to5mac.com, is one of the go-to places for news about the company. But in an ironic twist, a feature tucked inside Apple’s latest software for the iPhone and iPad threatens to undermine the way his site makes money.

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The children are

September 18, 2015 | 6:03 am

By Noel Vera
DVD Review
The Brood
Directed by David Cronenberg

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Silver Linings Playbook’s Matthew Quick: when people told him to give up

September 18, 2015 | 5:45 am

By Jasmine Agnes T. Cruz

HOW MANY YEARS should one believe in a dream without knowing if it will ever come true?

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What to see this week

September 18, 2015 | 5:02 am

5 films to see from Sept. 18-Sept. 25, 2015

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I’d really like you to see Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

September 18, 2015 | 4:45 am

Movie Review
By Richard Roeper
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

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Everest takes a trip to the icy top — in 3-D

September 18, 2015 | 4:41 am

Movie Review
By Michael Roddy, Reuters
Everest
Directed by Baltasar Kormakur

THE HIGH-ALTITUDE thriller Everest, which opened the Venice Film Festival earlier this month, should warn a lot of people off mountain climbing.

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Meeting the challenges of vaccination hesitancy

September 18, 2015 | 4:16 am

AN INCREASING challenge which must be squarely dealt with by numerous countries and territories which are seeking to bridge and close the immunization gap is that of groups of citizens and people who choose to delay or intentionally refuse vaccinations for themselves or for their children.

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Breast cancer in the Philippines

September 18, 2015 | 4:14 am

THE PHILIPPINE Society of Medical Oncology said that breast cancer is so common in the Philippines that one in every 13 Filipinas is expected to develop it in her lifetime. Moreover, the Philippines has been identified as among the having the highest incidence rate of breast cancer in Asia.

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